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May 11, 2022Roadmap for The National Agenda on Water Sector Transformation 2040 (WST2040)
May 11, 2022The Ministry of Environment and Water (KASA) appointed ASM as a strategic partner to address the weaknesses in environmental governance in the country by identifying the best legal-institutional arrangement options.
The study calls for the formation of the Federal-State Commission for the Environment (MyFSCE) with the support from various River Basin Authorities or Inter-State River Basin Authorities (RBAs or I-SRBAs) established by the State Governments and various State Environment Enforcement Agencies.
The Task Force concluded that the establishment of a standalone Ministry for the environment would be insufficient to solve a fragmented governance and all the environmental problems in the country.At the same time, the limited jurisdiction of Department of Environment (DOE) would impede the efforts to enhance environmental governance in Malaysia. The study, however, strongly recommends strengthening the enforcement functions of all the other environmental-related agencies at the Federal and State levels.
The study was led by Professor Dato’ Ir Dr A. Bakar Jaafar FASc with 44 Task Force Members comprising of ASM Expert Network and distinguished environmental champions.